Lesson Overview This lesson is going to introduce the eukaryotic,prokaryotic, mulit-uni-cellular organisms. The students will use a venn diagram to visually show what characteristics prokaryotic and eurkaryotic cells share and how they differ. The lesson utilizes videos to allow students to be able to visually distinguish between the cells, and a lab to reinforce the videos and for the students to get to see what the cells look like under the microscope.
Objectives: Students will be able to…
Visually identify a Eukaryotic and a Prokaryotic cell.
Describe the differences and similarities between a Eurkaryotic and Prokaryotic cell and give examples.
Explain what makes an organism either unicellular or multicellular.
Opening At the beginning of the class, students will take out their homework, and I will then have them right down 5 things they know about cells. I will take attendance and collect homework. I will then pass out a blank piece of white paper, which they will use to create a Venn Diagrams relating eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. We will start the Venn Diagrams together. I then have a video clips that goes over the Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells. After watching the video we will go back to our Venn Diagrams and based on what we learned from the video add anything that was missed. After they have completed their Venn Diagrams, I will introduce the topic of unicellular and multicellular organisms. I will ask what the terms mean and break it down by relating what uni/multi mean first. I then have a few video clips that talk about unicellular and multicellular organisms, for which they will be given a note taking guide to fill out. We will then discuss the videos and the major concepts that were addressed. I will then break them up into lab groups, where they have a microscope, four numbered slides, and a corresponding worksheet. They will then have to view the slides, draw what they see and label if it is a eukaryote or a prokaryote and whether it is multi or unicellular, and explain their answers. During the lab I will be walking around and checking that their note guides are done and checking their Venn Diagrams for completeness. Learning Activities The learning activities for this lab include the construction of the Venn Diagrams that will allow the students to visually see the similarities and differences between Eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Also the note taking guide will encourage them to pay attention during the video clips and can be use as a study guide. The lab activity is used to reinforce what they have just learned and to see the different types of cells as they appear under a microscope. This allows me to determine if the students are able to distinguish between the types of cells and explain why and if not, what areas are causing problems for the students.
Closing Recap the characteristics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes and relate them to the previous lesson when we discussed the characteristics of life and how a unicellular organism is comprised of 1 cell that carries out all the functions required for life and can be either prokaryotic or eukaryotic.
Assessment Assessments will be based on the completeness of the Venn Diagrams, the completion of the note guides and also how well they did in terms of the lab in identifying the different types of cells.
Homework Homework will be for the students to pick 1 unicellular organism and 1 multicellular organism. Tell whether it is a eukaryote or prokaryote and describe how each organism carries out the functions required for life, based on the characteristics we discussed in the previous lesson.
Unit: The Cell
Title: Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic Cells
Lesson Overview
This lesson is going to introduce the eukaryotic,prokaryotic, mulit-uni-cellular organisms. The students will use a venn diagram to visually show what characteristics prokaryotic and eurkaryotic cells share and how they differ. The lesson utilizes videos to allow students to be able to visually distinguish between the cells, and a lab to reinforce the videos and for the students to get to see what the cells look like under the microscope.
Objectives: Students will be able to…
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Opening
At the beginning of the class, students will take out their homework, and I will then have them right down 5 things they know about cells. I will take attendance and collect homework. I will then pass out a blank piece of white paper, which they will use to create a Venn Diagrams relating eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. We will start the Venn Diagrams together. I then have a video clips that goes over the Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells. After watching the video we will go back to our Venn Diagrams and based on what we learned from the video add anything that was missed. After they have completed their Venn Diagrams, I will introduce the topic of unicellular and multicellular organisms. I will ask what the terms mean and break it down by relating what uni/multi mean first. I then have a few video clips that talk about unicellular and multicellular organisms, for which they will be given a note taking guide to fill out. We will then discuss the videos and the major concepts that were addressed. I will then break them up into lab groups, where they have a microscope, four numbered slides, and a corresponding worksheet. They will then have to view the slides, draw what they see and label if it is a eukaryote or a prokaryote and whether it is multi or unicellular, and explain their answers. During the lab I will be walking around and checking that their note guides are done and checking their Venn Diagrams for completeness.
Learning Activities
The learning activities for this lab include the construction of the Venn Diagrams that will allow the students to visually see the similarities and differences between Eukaryotes and prokaryotes. Also the note taking guide will encourage them to pay attention during the video clips and can be use as a study guide. The lab activity is used to reinforce what they have just learned and to see the different types of cells as they appear under a microscope. This allows me to determine if the students are able to distinguish between the types of cells and explain why and if not, what areas are causing problems for the students.
Closing
Recap the characteristics of prokaryotes and eukaryotes and relate them to the previous lesson when we discussed the characteristics of life and how a unicellular organism is comprised of 1 cell that carries out all the functions required for life and can be either prokaryotic or eukaryotic.
Assessment
Assessments will be based on the completeness of the Venn Diagrams, the completion of the note guides and also how well they did in terms of the lab in identifying the different types of cells.
Homework
Homework will be for the students to pick 1 unicellular organism and 1 multicellular organism. Tell whether it is a eukaryote or prokaryote and describe how each organism carries out the functions required for life, based on the characteristics we discussed in the previous lesson.
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